Betway British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes

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Bonnyrigg

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding

5/1

Zoffany colt who is half-brother to two winners over 1m-1m2f. Yard having a tremendous campaign including a juvenile winner so no surprise to see him attract support on debut.

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(3)

Cliffcake¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Dane O'Neill| T: R Hannon

11/2

Canford Cliffs full brother to two sprint winner and half-brother to Listed sprint-winning juvenile. Dam also won in Listed company at 2. Was green and slow away on debut at Haydock last week but will know plenty more now and is a player.

Form: 5

(2)

Jimmy Sparks¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Watson| T: B J Meehan

5/4

£60,000 Zoffany colt whose dam won over 6f. Green early stages over C&D two weeks ago but got the message later on and stayed on nicely. May not be far away but yard has just 7% strike rate here with its juveniles.

Form: 6

(4)

Performante

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M Murphy

40/1

Newcomer by Brazen Beau. Half-brother to trhee winners between 6f-1m4f and dam placed at up to 1m4f and is closely related to high-class Sakhee. May need further in time and improve for this debut outing.

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(1)

Sidi Mansour

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian

5/2

Newcomer by Australian sire Pride Of Dubai out of dam who won in South Africa and placed in the UAE Oaks. Yard going well and had debutante juvenile C&D winner a couple of weeks ago.

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Forecasts

Jimmy Sparks (5/4), Sidi Mansour (5/2), Bonnyrigg (5/1), Cliffcake (11/2), Performante (40/1)

Just the five here but not an easy puzzle to solve. With the Hannon team in good form the once raced CLIFFCAKE is suggested as likely to have learned plenty from his first ruun at Haydock when green and all at sea. He showed enough though to suggest he can win races. Jimmy Sparks shaped with some promise on debut here and his track experience counts for plenty. Of the newcomers both Bonnyrigg and Sidi Mansour have appealing pedigrees so the market may be a fair indicator of their respective expectations.